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Artist Statement
I see my art as psychological self-portraiture. When I sit down to create, my goal is to convey a sense of who I am internally at that moment. I rely heavily on automatic drawing and find that preconceived ideas serve to restrict my creativity rather than enhance it. I am inspired by the honesty of children’s art.
I feel that when a child draws he is not inhibited by interpersonal peer pressure. What is displayed is either a feeling or a branch of thought. It is not always clear to me what my art means. It feels similar trying to explain a vivid dream from the night before. I relate to the aspects of exaggeration that allow confidence in aspects such as my overtly large Adam’s apple.
I invite the peculiar and believe it happens best if my mind is inadvertent and flushed. It is important to me that my hallucinant imagery is developed in a natural state of mind and not derived from any sort of substance abuse. I feel that this makes the work directly communicate to my upbringing, natural intuition, habits, and instinct.
